The Big 5-0

[sibylla]

I'm going to be fifty in two weeks. I was ready for my 30s and 40s, got myself all excited for them, but this is different. Maybe because everything seemed to change in 2020. I didn't really think about my 50s. Too many other things to think about, when I wasn't on autopilot, that is. I feel like I've spent an awful lot of time running on autopilot

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I care.

[reprobayt]

Just sayin'

[vulpine137]

Well, I think you're pretty special, even after a few years :) And yeah, I want to start journaling again, mostly since I can't keep track of time well, But that whole why thing complains...

So if I don't talk to you before then, happy early spawning day goat-gal.

[copykitty]

Yeah I hear you on posting out of nowhere. I haven't used my main (this one) journal in 9 years. I had a few filtered entries that only me and a partner could see.

I do have a private LJ that I post to whenever the brain weasels are really loud, I use it as a dumping ground for them and it helps. But nobody else gets to see that, so it's hard to count it.

Maybe I'll start posting again too. You are seen and noticed!

[myrrhdusa]

Maybe you will start a movement. I don’t post anywhere either, and haven’t for years. Livejournal is possibly the only safe place these days.

[slipjig]

First off, joining the chorus of folks who are pleased to hear from you and read what you've written (we are legion). But second, it's like you said: LJ is good for being able to see the path that's gotten you here, readership or no. What's always made it such a home has been that you don't need to write about anything, don't need an Announcement or a Major Life Event, don't need to be witty or insightful. There's a sense of acceptance built in, and a sense that we really are opening a door and letting people in. So yeah, let it rip in media res-we'll figure out what we missed as we go, just tell us what's happening now.

And yeah, 50 hit different, more heavily. My 50 unfortunately fell right in the middle of lockdown, so I didn't even get a party outside of a group Zoom call. I want a do-over.